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]]> Leaders of the world’s seven richest countries start their summit in Quebec tomorrow with one of them no wanting to be there and an invited guest hoping to use it to add a chunk to his country’s growth domestic product.

The host, Canadian premier Justin Tudeau will lead the G7 discussion on advancing the ocean economy. 

But they’ll also make their strong feeling felt about Washington’s new protectionist moves.

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US President Donald Trump will leave the G7 summit before it get to discussing the environment and climate change.

He’s  at odds  his counterparts on these issues and won’t abide being lectured by them.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has made the trip to Quebec because he believes internationalmoves to enhance ocean economies fits in with South Africa’s operation Phakisa using the country’s nearly 4 000km-long coastline to create a  million jobs and add R177 billion to the GDP. 

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